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WorksheetsAfrica Pre-assessment
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
Level 1
Productive agricultural lands created by deposited sediments carried by floodwaters
alluvial soil
wadis
aquifer
rift valley
Level 1
A culture that believes all elements of nature, such as animals and mountains, have spirits
animist
desertification
transition zone
bedouin
Level 1
Common language
lingua franca
habitat
domesticated
harmattan
Level 1
Oral historians, storytellers, singers, and musicians
griot
harmattan
Sahel
montane
Level 1
high steep cliffs behind the coastal plains
escarpment
wadi
cataract
fault
Level 2
Bedouins are members of a group of nomadic desert people
who move from place to place seeking employments
who move from place to place to sell and trade goods
who migrated to North Africa from Europe
who migrated to North Africa from Southwest Asia
Level 2
An example of successful water management being practiced in the Transition Zone is
restricting water to alternate days
recycling waste water
collecting rainwater in basins
using drip irrigation for farming
Level 2
The rapid growth of many cities in West Africa has placed a burden on existing __________ such as telephone and transportation systems
substructure
telecommunications
infrastructure
arable land
Level 2
European colonization of Equatorial Africa was slowed during the 1800's by
competition for territory with other colonizers
wars in Europe
cholera
malaria
Level 2
In _________, in 2008 protests against the high prices of necessities such as fuel led to deadly riots.
Angola
Mozambique
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Level 3
Why was salt so important to early African kingdoms?
Salt was used as medicine.
Salt aided in digestion.
Salt was used to preserve meat
It was used in soap as an exfoliator.
Level 3
Which statement is correct about Imperialism and it's effects on Africa.
Imperialism caused alliances (friendships) between African and European countries.
Imperialism redrew political borders, putting warlike tribes together and dividing friendly tribes.
Imperialism caused many Europeans to move to Africa creating a problem with over population.
Imperialism in the late 1800's caused the slave trade to start again.
Level 3
Africa was most likely colonized for what reason?
Economic profit
Access to raw materials
Valuable resources
All of them
Level 3
One reason North Africa developed differently from the rest of Africa was that these areas were separated by the
Congo River Basin
Sahara Desert
Nile River
Arabian Desert
Level 3
Which development most likely contributed to the changes discussed in the quotation?
boundaries drawn by Europeans in colonial Africa
climate change in Africa
the movement of Africans from rural to urban areas
political control by European governments
